Calvin baseball team set to kick off 2014 season with weekend trip to Kentucky

The Calvin baseball team is set to kick off its
season tomorrow afternoon in Kentucky when it faces Defiance College at 3 p.m.
and host Centre College at 6 p.m.

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Calvin is coming off a season where it posted an overall record of 16-25 and a
conference record of 15-13 that was good for fourth place in the league
standings.

The Knights were recently picked to finish fourth in the MIAA preseason coaches'
poll.
Under the direction of head coach John Sparks, the Knights return 19 returning
letterwinners from last year's team including first team All-MIAA selection
Grant VanPutten who established a Calvin single-season record last year for
stolen bases. VanPutten (Holland/Holland Christian HS) was also received
all-region honors from both D3baseball.com and the American Baseball Coaches
Association after batting .426 with 41 runs scored and 23 stolen bases.